Black and White photography has the incredible ability to reveal things that would otherwise be lost in colour. These photos can share emotions or reveal abstractions in the world that normally go unnoticed. Here are a few tips to help you get the best out of your black and white photography.

You can create an explosive scatter effect for your favorite photos in Adobe Photoshop. The key to this effect is using a combination of Layer Masks, Custom Brushes and more to uniquely reveal a hidden duplicate of your subject. Take your time with this look in order to build a dynamic scene full of movement and power.

A layer mask is a special greyscale image tucked inside a layer. It allows you to either reveal parts of the layer or layers below or hide them depending on how you are using the layer mask. In very simple terms once you click on the layer mask action it will duplicate whatever layer you are on and create a layer mask that appears white. If you use the colour Black from the colour picker and apply it using either the brush tool or the gradient tool as in the demo. It will reveal the layer below by hiding or masking the pixels on the active layer...

In this tutorial, we'll work with this photo of Jeremy to fix the background and eliminate some mildewy stuff on the photo. If you want to use this photo of Jeremy, you may, for the purposes of this exercise.* Bring an old photo back to its original condition.

In this Photoshop tutorial, we are going to create a photo inside a photo in Photoshop. This effect will bring the main subject of your photo in the spotlight by creating the illusion of a smaller, cropped version of the photo within itself.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you a photo-editing process that will give your photos an old, vintage appearance. We’ll use Photoshop to get the job done. Open your photo in Photoshop. I used a stock photo but this process will work on any photo, so go ahead and use one from your personal collection.

In this tutorial, we will not only show how to create the effect in Photoshop, but we will also show how to light and shoot the photography, as well. In this part, we will explain how to extract the model from the background, remove his tattoos, as well as how to pull away his skin, and insert some mechanical objects underneath. Let's get started!

In this tutorial we will create something like glamour photo retouch. We will use Adobe Photoshop as our tool of choice for retouching a photo and making almost a ready design out of it. You will have some files for support like some brushes and the initial photo itself to practice on. So let's start out talk on making PS photo retouch.